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Be it known that I, NATHAN LONG, of Eaton, in the county of Delaware, and State of' Indiana, have invented a ner and useful yImprovement in Table-Leaves Supports; and I do hereby-declare that the following is` a full, clear, and exact-description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make andAuse ,the same, reference being had to the accompanying plate of drawings, forming a' part of' this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical cross-section o'f my improved 'table' through the line@ zt,.fig. Z.

Figure 2 is an inverted plan view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. l

This invention relates to an improvement in table-leaves, and consists in an arrangement of the supports in; connection with springs, whereby `they are rendered self-acting, and, when th leaves are raised, will take their place under them, to hold them up in the usual way, as hereinafter' more particularly de'cribed. V

The drawing represents a. two-leaved table; A the bed, and B B the falling leaves, hung to the top by hinges in the ordinary manner. The leaves-supports C C are let into the side rails a a, to be flushed with them on the upper edges, and are pivoted centrally, so that they can be swung around and lie over the 'side rails, toallow the leaves to hang down or crosswise, with one ond andere, leaf, to keep it up, as shown in fig. 2. Springs Zr b, made of 'rubber or spiral wire, are attached to the inner ends of the supportsC'C, and to the vunder side of the bed, at one. end, at c, by which springs the outer ends of the supports are thrown out under the leaves, when they, or either of' them, are raised. Cords d d are fastened to the outer ends ofA the supports C C, and pass through staples e'e, to hang in such a man-ner, at one end of the table,'that theyI can be pulled easily to drawl the outer ends of the supports baok,for the purpose of letting down the leaves of the table.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination ofthe self-acting supports C with the springs 6 b and cords d d, constructed, arranged, and operating as and for the purpose-herein shown and described.-

NATHAN LONG,

Witnesses v A JOHN CoUT'rnn, JAMES LONG. 

